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SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 49

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level 2022 - 11 Feb 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q49

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Padma Bhushan awardee Pandit Devabrata Chaudhuri, who died in April 2021, was associated with which of the following musical instruments?

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Correct answer: A

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The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Sitar.

  • Padma Bhushan awardee Pandit Devabrata Chaudhuri, who died in April 2021, was associated with Sitar musical instrument.
  • The Legend of Sitar belonged to the Senia or Gharana style of music. He had been awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri.
  • He was also a teacher and writer and had penned six books and composed many new ragas.
  • He was born in 1935 in Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh) and passed away at the age of 85 in April 2021.